Ashley Godisart (CMU 2010)

2018 Outstanding Recent Alumni Award

Bio

Being a volunteer is a way of life for Ashley Kilp Godisart (CMU 2010), and she maintains her passion for service to others regardless of her life’s demands.

Godisart’s leadership and public service resulted in her selection as a national finalist for the prestigious Harry Truman Scholarship. Her love of science and call to service led her to realize that her future was in medicine, not research as she had originally believed. 

During summers at Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, she volunteered at camps for children with complex medical needs.

When Godisart rose to the position of chief resident in emergency medicine at UPMC in 2014, she re-engaged with Carnegie Mellon. She has served on the advisory board for CMU’s chapter of Camp Kesem, is a member of the Carnegie Mellon Admission Council (CMAC), speaks frequently to chemistry majors and students interested in health professions and meets with Science and Humanities Scholars during Spring Carnival each year. Ashley’s commitment is so respected that she was asked last year to serve on The Task Force for the CMU Experience to reform campus culture to promote wellness and compassion.